Welcome from western Colorado. Where at in WV? Wrecked a lot of deer as a Penna kid in WV over the years.
Welcome aboard.The one thing that is killing me is that back plastic monstrosity on the back. Has anyone had any luck cutting/modding/replacing the rear fender with a universal kit or something proprietary that's out there on the market?
I eagerly await seeing what you come up with. I've been wondering about fender eliminator too.
Thanks for the kind greetings - southern part of WV, near the VA line. Great, GREAT riding down this way (and yes, no shortage of four legged obstacles!)Welcome from western Colorado. Where at in WV? Wrecked a lot of deer as a Penna kid in WV over the years.
LOVE IT. Can't wait to see the end result. We have opted to remove the entire black plastic fender (leaving the painted fender), side vertical mount the tag (drill a nice, close mounting hole in the swingarm for the bracket), then utilize two LED high-lumen strips, equal on both sides of the lip of the back fender, that will run red, bright red for stop, then change to amber for turns. We are going to run a could similar strips in the front ON the fairing, running with those little "channel" lines on the fairing to give it an almost flush look, and remove all signals.Welcome aboard.
I refer to the rear-end as a "Ducatti" look although that's just a slang term I applied and I didn't like it either. My partner and I have already torn the rear of my Street 750 apart and here's a picture of it down to the bare bones.
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It's downright sexy when looking at it from this perspective but we haven't added a "standard" rear fender yet. We will but we're doing a lot more than that because we also want to eliminate the dual external shocks/springs and build a new swing-arm assembly that will use a center mounted mono-shock. We love the very lean and slender sexy look that removal of the dual shocks/springs offers. We'll also plan to incorporate the rear running, brake and turn signal lights as an LED strip mounted on the underside of a "standard" fender as well.
As you can see from this tear-down picture it wouldn't be all that hard to mount an aftermarket fender to the stock chassis. It might require cutting the back part of the frame (behind the shock mounts) and a little welding to accomodate the change but I haven't looked at that type of limited change so far. I'll check it out during this coming week and see what my partner and I might be able to suggest for this modification.
Welcome to the forum!Thanks for the kind greetings - southern part of WV, near the VA line. Great, GREAT riding down this way (and yes, no shortage of four legged obstacles!)
My guess is it will probably be one of the better sounding systems out their, i'd say go for it, unless comparing it to other future systems is what you want to do to make sure you get what is best to you out of all.Checked with the mechanic yesterday - the bike is almost ready!
VERY trick - I think you guys are gonna dig what we've done. I'll post pics up by the weekend.
BTW...the Vance & Hines Competition slip-on sounds amazing. If you are debating whether to pull the trigger on this pipe, don't hesitate. It gives the XG the sound it shoulda had. I swear, I like to rev it more than my FXBD!
Thank you for your comment on the Vance & Hines Competion Slip -on. my son sent me the link and recommended them. So seriously, do they just slip on to the point that I who is not mechanicly incline can do it and is it worth the price of $399.00??Checked with the mechanic yesterday - the bike is almost ready!
VERY trick - I think you guys are gonna dig what we've done. I'll post pics up by the weekend.
BTW...the Vance & Hines Competition slip-on sounds amazing. If you are debating whether to pull the trigger on this pipe, don't hesitate. It gives the XG the sound it shoulda had. I swear, I like to rev it more than my FXBD!